Enclosures to Secret Letters from Bombay, Vol 119 [262r] (527/968)
The record is made up of 1 volume (482 folios). It was created in Apr 1854-Sep 1854. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .
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The volume contains copies of enclosures to despatches from the Government of Bombay From c. 1668-1858, the East India Company’s administration in the city of Bombay [Mumbai] and western India. From 1858-1947, a subdivision of the British Raj. It was responsible for British relations with the Gulf and Red Sea regions. Secret Department to the East India Company Secret Committee Pre-1784, the Committee responsible for protecting East India Company shipping. Post-1784, its main role was to transmit communications between the Board of Control and the Company's Indian governments on matters requiring secrecy. . The volume is divided into nineteen items:
- Aden Affairs (IOR/L/PS/5/481, ff 3-28)
- Affairs in Persia [Iran] and Turkish Arabia A term used by the British officials to describe the territory roughly corresponding to, but not coextensive with, modern-day Iraq under the control of the Ottoman Empire. [Ottoman Iraq] (IOR/L/PS/5/481, ff 29-37)
- Aden Affairs (IOR/L/PS/5/481, ff 38-60)
- Persian Affairs (IOR/L/PS/5/481, ff 61-128)
- Persian Affairs (IOR/L/PS/5/481, ff 129-143)
- Aden Affairs (IOR/L/PS/5/481, ff 144-160)
- Persian and Turkish Arabia A term used by the British officials to describe the territory roughly corresponding to, but not coextensive with, modern-day Iraq under the control of the Ottoman Empire. Affairs (IOR/L/PS/5/481, ff 161-172)
- Judda [Jeddah] Affairs (IOR/L/PS/5/481, ff 173-178)
- Aden Affairs (IOR/L/PS/5/481, ff 179-182)
- Persian Affairs (IOR/L/PS/5/481, ff 183-261)
- Bagdad [Baghdad] Affairs (IOR/L/PS/5/481, ff 262-318)
- Persian Affairs (IOR/L/PS/5/481, ff 319-325)
- Persian Affairs (IOR/L/PS/5/481, ff 326-339)
- Turkish Arabia A term used by the British officials to describe the territory roughly corresponding to, but not coextensive with, modern-day Iraq under the control of the Ottoman Empire. Affairs (IOR/L/PS/5/481, ff 340-350)
- Kandahar Affairs (IOR/L/PS/5/481, ff 351-355)
- Muscat Affairs (IOR/L/PS/5/481, ff 356-359)
- Bunder Abbas [Bandar-e Abbas] Affairs (IOR/L/PS/5/481, ff 360-363)
- Aden Affairs (IOR/L/PS/5/481, ff 364-390)
- Aden Affairs (IOR/L/PS/5/481, ff 391-480).
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- 1 volume (482 folios)
- Arrangement
The enclosures to each despatch within the volume (each item) are divided by blue dividers. The sets of enclosures to despatches are arranged in numerical (by despatch number) and chronological order from the front to the rear of the volume. The enclosures within each despatch are preceded by an abstract of contents, in which the despatch itself (not included) is numbered 1, the abstract of contents 2, and the enclosures 3, 4, etc. The numbers listed in the abstract of contents are recorded for reference on the verso The back of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'v'. of the last folio of each enclosure, along with the original reference, and a description of each enclosure.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 482; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 4-481; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
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- IOR/L/PS/5/481
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- Enclosures to Secret Letters from Bombay, Vol 119
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- front, back, spine, head, tail , back, front-i , 2r:2v, 262r:318v, 481r:482v
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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